Description
In The Dutch Shoe Mystery, Ellery Queen is called to a hospital where a wealthy woman is set to undergo surgery—only to be found murdered in her wheelchair before the procedure. Clues are scattered through surgical schedules, staff tensions, and a trail of motive buried beneath hospital bureaucracy. With a locked-room feel and a strong focus on logic and deduction, this novel pits Queen against a clinical killer and a tightly controlled environment, testing his analytical prowess in a race against time.